July 21, 2025

“Motion by Councilor Navin, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the Appointment of Patrick Y. Greenhalgh as Principal Assessor for a 3-year term effective from date of City Council confirmation (July 21, 2028). In addition, pursuant to Chapter 125 “Personnel”, start Mr. Greenhalgh at Step 5 of the Assessor salary schedule and grant one additional week of vacation, APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Navin)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: Under authority of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A, the City Council hereby APPROVES the Gift Acceptance in the amount of $7,000.00 from the Friends of the Marlborough Public Library awarded to the Public Library, which will be used to fund the 2025 Summer Reading Program; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Irish)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: Under authority of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A, the City Council hereby APPROVES the Grant Acceptance in the amount of $7,708.00 from the Massachusetts Councils on Aging awarded to the Senior Center, which will be used to fund a part-time position for the DayBreak Program; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Irish)

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“Motion by Councilor Navin, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the That the Reappointment of John W. Usinas to the Commission on Disabilities for a 3-year term to expire on April 21, 2028, APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Navin)

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“Motion by Councilor Navin, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the That the Reappointment of Catherine A. Usinas to the Commission on Disabilities for a 3-year term to expire on April 21, 2028, APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Navin)

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“Motion by Councilor Navin, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the Appointment of Robert L. McCabe, Jr. to the Conservation Commission for a 3-year term to expire on April 28, 2028, APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..” (Motion: Navin)

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“Motion by Motion by Councilor Fuccillo, to move the recommendation of the Public Services Committee to approve the following as amended, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the Petition of Comcast, to install new underground conduit starting at Pole #55 excavating to place one 3” PVC conduit 158’ +/- and a proposed 2’ x 3’ vault to provide service to 630 Forest Street, APPROVED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS; adopted. 1. The proposed conduit shall cross the road at the location shown on the approved plan provided by Comcast on July 7, 2025. 2. The location must be marked out and inspected by the Engineering Division prior to the work, and final road opening permit approval will be granted by the Engineering Division. The road opening permit will specify final trench repaving limits. 3. Any necessary easements are to be obtained from affected property owners. 4. A street opening permit must be applied for by the proposed contractor performing the work. 5. The contractor performing the work must obtain a street opening bond with the City of Marlborough. 6. The contractor shall provide the Engineering Division preconstruction photos of driveways, sidewalks, lawn areas, and roadway areas impacted by all construction activities. 7. A proper staging area is to be located/acquired before work commences – material and equipment is not to be parked/stockpiled within the city right of way and or private property unless permission is granted in writing by the property owner. 8. The contractor is to ensure residents are always able to enter and exit their driveways (have necessary steel plating on site and accessible). 9. Ensure construction safety controls are established (signage, drums, police details, etc...) and are in accordance with the latest MUTCD standards. 10. Trench backfilling, compacting, temporary, and final paving are to be done in accordance with the City of Marlborough standard trenching details. 11. Trenches are to be paved or completely backfilled and compacted at the end of each workday. Trenches are never to be left unattended. 12. Post construction loaming and seeding are to be done in accordance with the 1995 MHD Standard Specifications sections 751 & 765. 13. Proposed utility pole(s) shall not put any sidewalks or sidewalk ramps into non- compliance with current ADA standards. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..”

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“Motion by Motion by Councilor Irish, to move the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the following, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That the City Council of the City of Marlborough hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute an amendment to the July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2038 lease of the Bigelow School to Assabet Valley Collaborative (“AVC”), previously authorized by City Council Order No. 12-1005076, including any necessary adjustments to the repayment schedule based upon the actual bond sale, APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared the vote of 10 – 0..”

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“Motion by Councilor Fuccillo, seconded by the Chair to adopt the following: ORDERED: That a petition to the General Court, accompanied by a bill for a special law relating to the city of Marlborough to be filed with an attested copy of this order, be, and hereby is, approved under Clause (1) of Section 8 of Article 2, as amended, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the end that legislation be adopted precisely as follows, except for clerical or editorial changes of form only: AN ACT PROVIDING A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR THE LAYOUT AND ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISION ROADS IN THE CITY OF MARLBOROUGH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 79 and 82 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the city of Marlborough may employ the procedure set out in this act for municipal layout and acceptance of roads constructed within a subdivision in accordance with a definitive subdivision plan that has been approved by the planning board of the city of Marlborough pursuant to the subdivision control law, as designated in section 81K of chapter 41 of the General Laws. (b) The planning board, upon request of either the mayor, city council, or upon its own initiative, shall hold a public hearing on the issue of the laying out and acceptance of a specific road(s), at which time interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard. At least 7 days prior to any such hearing, written notice of the hearing shall be (i) sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the owner of record of each property abutting the road as appears from records kept by the city of Marlborough assessors which shall be conclusive evidence of ownership for purposes of this act, and (ii) either given by publication in a newspaper of local circulation or posting on the bulletin board of the city clerk’s office. Within 21 days after the public hearing, the planning board shall prepare a written certification that said subdivision road has been laid out and constructed in accordance with a plan referenced and described in the certification, if the planning board so determines. The certification shall identify all municipal easements, including but not limited to, utility, drainage, access and other easements, shown on said plan. Such plan, including but not limited to, an existing approved and recorded definitive subdivision plan, shall show the boundaries and measurements of the road and show all municipal easements. The planning board shall submit the planning board’s certification to the city council. (c) Within 45 days of the receipt of the planning board’s certification, the city council or a standing committee of the city council shall hold a meeting for the sole purpose of considering whether it is in the public interest to layout and accept the certified road(s) as a public way. (d) After the meeting, if the city council determines, upon a majority vote, that it is in the public interest to layout and accept the road as a public way, the city council shall vote to adopt for recording at the registry of deeds an order of acceptance containing the city council’s vote and attaching the planning board’s certification. Said order shall be presented to the mayor in accordance with section 55 of chapter 43 of the General Laws. (e) The order of acceptance shall be recorded within ninety (90) days after the date upon which the order is in force, and, upon recordation, shall vest in the city of Marlborough, with no additional notice or other action required, the ownership in fee to the road(s), together with the ownership of all municipal easements identified in the certification, including but not limited to utility, drainage, flowage, access and other easements shown on the plan, for all municipal purposes including but not limited to access, repair, improvement, reconstruction, removal and replacement, as well as all pipes, structures, and other improvements located within the road and municipal easements unless excluded by the order of acceptance. No owner of, or holder of any interest in, land comprising the road, land abutting the road so accepted, or land subject to an easement shown on the plan shall have any claim for compensation against the city on account of such acceptance. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. APPROVED; adopted. President Ossing declared all votes 10 – 0..” (Motion: Fuccillo)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, to move the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the following, seconded by the Chair: ORDERED: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND That the sum of $9,650,000.00 (nine million six hundred fifty thousand dollars) be and is hereby appropriated to fund capital improvement projects in accordance with the following: That to meet said appropriations, the Comptroller/Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $9,650,000.00 under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 7(1) of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended and supplemented, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the City of Marlborough (the “City”) therefor; that the Mayor is authorized to contract for and expend any grants, aid, or gifts available for this project; and that the Mayor is authorized to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out this project. Any premium received by the City upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the Massachusetts General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. The capital improvement projects to be funded by this borrowing are as follows: No. Project Cost 1 Garage Repairs $2,000,000 2 School Generator $900,000 3 School Building HVAC $500,000 4 Street Construction and/or Reconstruction $5,250,000 5 Parking Lot Construction and/or Reconstruction $1,000,000 APPROVED. Yea: 10 – Nay: 0 Yea: Vital, Doucette, Preciado, Brown, Irish, Fuccillo, Navin, Oram, Ossing, & Robey..” (Motion: Irish)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, to move the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the following, seconded by the Chair: ORDERED: PUMPING STATIONS BOND That the sum of $3,500,000.00 (three million five hundred thousand dollars) be and is hereby appropriated for construction and/or reconstruction of pumping stations and pumping station equipment. That to meet said appropriations, the Comptroller/Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $3,500,000.00 under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 8(4) of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended and supplemented, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the City of Marlborough (the “City”) therefor; that the Comptroller/Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (the “Trust”) established under Chapter 29C of the Massachusetts General Laws, and in connection therewith to enter into a financing agreement and/or a security agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the projects or for the financing thereof; that the Mayor is authorized to contract for and expend any grants, aid, or gifts available for this project; and that the Mayor is authorized to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out this project. Any premium received by the City upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the Massachusetts General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. APPROVED. Yea: 10 – Nay: 0 Yea: Vital, Doucette, Preciado, Brown, Irish, Fuccillo, Navin, Oram, Ossing, & Robey..” (Motion: Irish)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, to move the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the following, seconded by the Chair: ORDERED: SEWER BOND That the sum of $1,400,000.00 (one million four hundred thousand dollars) be and is hereby appropriated for sewer and sewage system construction and/or reconstruction. That to meet said appropriations, the Comptroller/Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $1,400,000.00 under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 8(14) of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended and supplemented, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the City of Marlborough (the “City”) therefor; that the Comptroller/Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (the “Trust”) established under Chapter 29C of the Massachusetts General Laws, and in connection therewith to enter into a financing agreement and/or a security agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the projects or for the financing thereof; that the Mayor is authorized to contract for and expend any grants, aid, or gifts available for this project; and that the Mayor is authorized to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out this project. Any premium received by the City upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the Massachusetts General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. APPROVED. Yea: 10 – Nay: 0 Yea: Vital, Doucette, Preciado, Brown, Irish, Fuccillo, Navin, Oram, Ossing, & Robey..” (Motion: Irish)

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“Motion by Councilor Irish, to move the recommendation of the Finance Committee to approve the following, seconded by the Chair: ORDERED: WATER MAIN BOND That the sum of $1,000,000.00 (one million dollars) be and is hereby appropriated for water main construction and/or reconstructing. That to meet said appropriations, the Comptroller/Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $1,000,000.00 under and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 8(5) of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended and supplemented, or any other enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of the City of Marlborough (the “City”) therefor; that the Comptroller/Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor is authorized to borrow all or a portion of such amount from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (the “Trust”) established under Chapter 29C of the Massachusetts General Laws, and in connection therewith to enter into a financing agreement and/or a security agreement with the Trust and otherwise to contract with the Trust and the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) with respect to such loan and for any federal or state aid available for the projects or for the financing thereof; that the Mayor is authorized to contract for and expend any grants, aid, or gifts available for this project; and that the Mayor is authorized to take any other action necessary or convenient to carry out this project. Any premium received by the City upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the Massachusetts General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. Be and is herewith APPROVED. Yea: 10 – Nay: 0 Yea: Vital, Doucette, Preciado, Brown, Irish, Fuccillo, Navin, Oram, Ossing, & Robey..” (Motion: Irish)

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